Who knows what\u2019s in fashion for elk nowadays, but for one elk, wearing the remains of a mountain lion seems like the choice of the season. The question is\u2014what happened? For the people who spotted the elk with mountain-lion fur dangling from its antlers, it was a bit confusing trying to figure out what they were looking at.<\/p>\n
[RELATED: WATCH: Elk Get the \u2018Zoomies\u2019 in the Middle of a Colorado Lake<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s obviously no way to determine precisely how this went down, but we can all see the result,\u201d wrote Nature Is Metal<\/a> in an Instagram post sharing footage from Liz Jobe<\/a>. \u201cThe mountain lion made a play for the elk and wound up a hood ornament for this magnificent SOB to parade around in. Call it a hunch, but something tells me this year was the most successful breeding season of his budding career.\u201d<\/p>\n There are a ton of potential scenarios that could have led to this moment, and we\u2019ll never know which one really played out. Nevertheless, it\u2019s definitely something you don\u2019t see every day.<\/p>\n Check out an elk wearing what remains of a dead mountain lion here:<\/p>\n Header stock image by BirdofPrey\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t